| Abstract: | Improvement of Bacon Quality of Pigs after Addition of Hydrogenated Marine Animal Oil to Feed The aspects of fat supplement of pigs are discussed. Hydrogenated marine oils have in Norway been used in human nutrition for a long time. Now it has been adopted in animal nutrition as well. The first experiment made 20 years ago with bacon pigs revealed that the pork fat quality was improved by adding hydrogenated marine oil to the pig feed. The recent investigations have confirmed that the quality criteria of the bacon is better by this fat supplement. The effect is explained by the resulting change in the fatty acid composition of the pork fat. |
